Dell Inc., rolled out on Monday its first desktop computer from its India plant at Sriperumbudur, about 60 km from Chennai.
"This factory is unbelievably strategic for us in India. This will help us improve our competitive advantage in India," Rajan Anandan, vice president, Dell India said at the function to mark the commencement of operations from the plant.
This is Dell's third plant in Asia Pacific after China and Malaysia. Dell had earlier this year launched a facility in Brazil and another one in Poland will be opened later this year, he said.
To a query, Rajan, while declining to provide any financials, said this plant will help reduce
costs, which would be passed on to customers.
"This plant will help reduce delivery lead time by 40-50 per cent and also reduce costs. We will pass on the savings to the customers," he said. The facility,India Customer Center will employ 150 persons initially and would grow over a period of time.
The plant has been set up on 50 acre of land spanning 1,10,000 sq.ft with space to expand further as the company grows, K Y Yong, GM, Manufacturing Operations said.
"The ICC has a planned investment of $30 million over a period of five years with an initial capacity of four lakh desktops per year and will go up to about 2.5 million units over a period of time," he added.
